Mexican Import Tax Scare Overblown

Yesterday President Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer triggered a virtual meltdown when he told the White House press pool the president supports an idea that, at the time, sounded a lot like a 20% tariff on Mexican imports. The political press immediately ran with claims that the Trump Administration was planning a 20% tariff on Mexican imports to pay for the anti-immigration border wall they're planning to build between the US and Mexico. A 20% tariff on Mexican goods would